Business After Airbnb hosts converted New York's available housing stock to unlicensed hotel rooms, rents soared Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism California State Senator wants to remake cities with midrises near public transit, but he is facing a wave of nimbyism Cory Doctorow
politics Australia put an algorithm in charge of its benefits fraud detection and plunged the nation into chaos Cory Doctorow
uk Berlin regulates Airbnb and safely deflates its housing bubble while returning 8,000 rentals to the market Cory Doctorow
class war To keep their bond-ratings, hedge-funds have to publicly demonstrate that they are the most ruthless of landlords Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Leaseholders in building sheathed in flammable Grenfell cladding sent a £2m bill for repairs Cory Doctorow
makers California's record poverty and real-estate bubble are creating a "wheel-estate" boom of people with good jobs living in their cars Cory Doctorow
san francisco San Francisco SPCA uses a robot to chase away homeless people, because cruelty to humans is just fine Cory Doctorow
scholarship How an influential economics paper used imaginary environmental overregulation to spur low-density luxury housing Cory Doctorow
urban theory Zoning and the housing crisis: at Manhattan densities, San Francisco could house 100 million people Cory Doctorow
Business China's massive property bubble creates mad scramble to take on decades of debt Cory Doctorow
canada Vancouver housing co-op rescinds family's apartment because unborn child is a girl Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism In California's foreclosure valley, rents soar thanks to hedge fund landlords Cory Doctorow
